Greater Nagoya has Japan’s strongest monozukuri culture and is a manufacturing heartland. This region, for example, has led the nation in manufactured products shipped for almost 30 years in a row.

Excellent companies with superior international competitiveness have headquarters or major production facilities in Greater Nagoya. As a result, leading-edge clusters exist in automotive, auto parts, machine tools, aerospace, electronic components, robots, new materials, and many other fields.

And ongoing special projects and programs promote additional clustering in IT, multimedia, bio-tech, medical, fuel cells, and other leading industries as well as services for individuals and businesses.